On Sunday night, Evan Fournier arrived at Madison Square Garden thinking it was going to be a long night again riding the Knicks bench.
He had no clue that he would have his best game of the season, let alone play.
“During the anthem. I’m serious,” Fournier told reporters when he knew he was playing his only ninth game since he was removed from the rotation in the middle of November.
“I was [in the locker room], I was actually changing to my jersey and RJ came back,” Fournier said, “he was not feeling well, so that’s how I knew [I would be playing].